Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, eggplant lasagna. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Eggplant Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Eggplant Lasagna is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have eggplant lasagna using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Lasagna:
- Prepare 3 eggplants
- Get 3 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready to taste Salt and Pepper
- Get 2 (15 oz) cans pure tomato sauce
- Make ready 2 garlic cloves
- Take 2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- Prepare 2 eggs
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Make ready 1/2 cup freshly chopped basil (separated)
Instructions to make Eggplant Lasagna:
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Cut eggplant into ¼” (6mm)slices. Place on parchment lined baking sheets. Drizzle both sides with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Bake eggplant for 7 mins each side and allow to cool (totally fine to do this part in stages as you may not be able to fit all the eggplant in your oven at once!)
- Allow eggplant to cool. Meanwhile prepare your sauce.
- In a large sauce pan, add the tomato sauce, garlic, salt and pepper to taste and red pepper flakes. Allow to simmer for 10 mins until sauce sweetens up and reduces a bit.
- Then prepare the ricotta mixture. In a medium bowl add ricotta cheese, eggs and basil.
- Then assemble your lasagna. In a large heat safe casserole pan, place a thin layer of sauce on the bottom and distribute evenly. On top place a single layer of eggplant on top of the eggplant spread 2/3 cup (160 ml) of the ricotta cheese mixture and sprinkle ¼ cup (60 ml) of shredded mozzarella cheese on top. Then add another single layer of eggplant and repeat the process creating 3 layers of “Lasagna” in total. The top layer should end with a layer of sauce and some more mozzarella cheese.
- Bake at 375F for 15-20mins until cheese is melted on top and casserole is cooked through.
- Garnish with some finely minced basil on top.
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